FAQs that appear on IRS.gov but that have not been published in the Internal Revenue Bulletin are not legal authority. Tax law is complex, and the IRS does have to juggle priorities.

But the Login.gov option never came online at the IRS, and the tax agency eventually clawed back all but $240,000 of a $22.6 million contract to use the digital identity service.

MoneyWatch: Tax-filing season begins as IRS deals with major backlogs from last year's filings 04:10. Starting this summer, taxpayers wanting to access their online accounts on IRS.gov will be ...

As if taxpayers don't have enough to worry about. Thousands of Americans have been conned out of more than $1 million by crooks posing as IRS agents demanding tax payments, according to the U.S ...

The IRS has defined "qualified taxpayers" as those who filed a 2021 tax return but left the data field for the Recovery Rebate Credit or filled out $0 when the individual was eligible to receive ...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the agency of the U.S. Department of the Treasury responsible for collecting federal taxes of all kinds. In addition to income taxes from individuals ...

Again, once it shows the IRS has approved your refund, it could hit your bank account within days via the direct deposit option. The other way to check on the status is to call the IRS at 800-829 ...

The IRS plans to triple the audit rates on large corporations with assets of more than $250 million. Audit rates for these companies will rise to 22.6% in tax year 2026 from 8.8% in 2019.

The deadline to file for the third and last stimulus check was April 15, 2025; it marked a three-year deadline to claim any tax refunds or in this case, the $1,400 Recovery Rebate Credit for 2021.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is part of the U.S. Department of the Treasury and enforces and administers federal tax laws, processes tax returns, and completes audits.